Cornell Farm to School: Coordinating Committee

Background

Subcommittees

Meetings and Minutes

New York State Farm to School
Coordinating Committee

The New York State Farm to School Coordinating Committee provides statewide leadership for farm to school initiatives, establishes and implements short- and long-term goals, identifies needs, and develops strategies for making sustainable farm-school connections.

Ray Denniston, Committee Chair, Food Service Director, Johnson City Central
School District
Betsey Bacelli, Executive Committee Member, Food Service Director. Owego Apalachin CSD, NYSSFA
Margaret Barker, Coordinator, Cornell University, Kids Growing Food Program
Lisa Brawley, Assistant Professor, Vassar College
Marty Broccoli, Project Supervisor AED Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida
Christine Chalupnicki, Public Health Nutritionist, NYS Department Of Health
Carol Cybulski, Special Assistant, NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets
Anna Dawson, Hudson Valley Hometown Foods
Maggie Evans, Executive Director, Agri-Business Child Development Center
Sandy Fruhling, Jewish Board of Education of Greater NY
Fern Gale Estrow, Private Nutrition Consultant, Educator and Speaker
Martha Goodsell, Executive Director, NY Farms!
Meredith Graham, Research Extension Assistant, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
John Hart, Senator Liaison, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Nancy Larraine Hoffman, State Senator, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture
*Liaison to committee not yet identified
Bill Jordan, Executive Committee Member, Special Assistant, NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets
Bruce Krupke, Executive Vice President, NYS Dairy Foods, Inc.
Jeff & Lindy Kubecka, Executive Secretaries, NYS Vegetable Growers Association
Toni Liquori, Director, FoodChange
Alisa Martin, Program Assistant, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County
JoEllen Martino, Food Service Director, NYS School Food Service Association
David McClurg, VP of Marketing, NY Apple Association
Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Coordinator, Community, Food and Agriculture Program, Cornell University
Glenda Neff, Development Services Associates
Janet Nelson, Extension Associate, Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Cornell University
Abe Nuchman, Food Service Director, Wappinger Falls Central School District
Bridget Obrien-Wood, Food Service Director, Buffalo City School District
Fran O'Donnell, Coordinator, Child Nutrition Program Administration, NYS Education Department
Tom Osterhout, Assistant Director, Office of Government Services, Division of Food Distribution and Warehousing
Jane Pepin, Food Service Director, Hudson Falls Central School District
Sandie Prokop, Managing Director for the Foundation, New York Farm Bureau Foundation for Ag.Education
Debbie Richardson, Food Service Director, Hannibal Central School District
Nancy Schaff, Agriculture in the Classroom, Cornell University
Abby Seaman, Extension Educator, IPM Program Office, NYSAES
R. David Smith, Agricultural and Food Systems Sustainability, Animal Science, Cornell University
Mary Ann Snyder, Ag. Eco. Dev. Program Specialist/ Extension Associate, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County
Bob Stern, Executive Committee Member, Program Manager, New York State Assembly Task Force on Food, Farm and Nutrition Policy
Denise Toulon, Admin/Mgr, NYC Board of Education
Anita Trautwein, Food Service Director, Alden Central School District
Gary Valen, Director of Operations, Glynwood Center
Karen Wadsworth, Senior Manager, Educational Initiatives, FoodChange
Melanie Wickham, Executive Director, Empire Potato Growers
Jennifer Wilkins, Executive Committee Member, Cornell University Farm to School Program Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Colleen Wright-Riva, Cornell University Dining Associate, Cornell University
Judy Yacavone, Retired, NYS School Food Service Association